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that is obama at his best. he has done some things well and some things poorly, but the grassroots and we did not performing at the level that we should have, and some of it is because we were mad at him but some is because we have the wrong idea of what his job was. i say in the book lbj didn't lead to civil rights movement. that was she was the head of state, he signed the law but for any lillehammer dr. king, those grassroots leaders were the ones in mississippi and the ones pushing forward to give the president something to respond to come in and i think that after the inauguration, not everybody that too many of us sat down and thought that we had passed the finish line when the was the starting line, november, 2008. >> host: the environment is a place for criticism what is your take on what happened at the keystone pipeline. it's a really bad idea. they would take the dirtiest most awful scraping bottom of the bucket nasty polycarp in down america's heartland over farmland or aqua first and the gulf coast
that is obama at his best. he has done some things well and some things poorly, but the grassroots and we did not performing at the level that we should have, and some of it is because we were mad at him but some is because we have the wrong idea of what his job was. i say in the book lbj didn't lead to civil rights movement. that was she was the head of state, he signed the law but for any lillehammer dr. king, those grassroots leaders were the ones in mississippi and the ones pushing forward...
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markets are having an impact on president obama's political standing. if you want to know how the president is doing. forget the poles. take a look at stocks. >> the s&p 500 has risen and fallen so has the president's chances of reelection. when osama binladen was killed in may. the chances of winning spiked and the s&p 500 got a bump as well. in august things took a turn for the worst for the president and stocks. in april 2012 at mitt romney emerged from the republican primaries the president's main challenger stocks were up and so were the president's odds of wins. the president got a bounce from the democratic national convention. so did his in trade odds the s&p 500 rose to its highest level since 2007. >> the same correlation held true for president george w. bush. coming next only one other man has faced barack obama in a presidential campaign. we'll talk to sensor john mccain on the election and his effort to prevent steep defense cuts. capitol gains is back after the break. . >> you're watching capitol gains i'm peter cook. what matters most in
markets are having an impact on president obama's political standing. if you want to know how the president is doing. forget the poles. take a look at stocks. >> the s&p 500 has risen and fallen so has the president's chances of reelection. when osama binladen was killed in may. the chances of winning spiked and the s&p 500 got a bump as well. in august things took a turn for the worst for the president and stocks. in april 2012 at mitt romney emerged from the republican primaries...
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that's first lady michelle obama. president obama. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought. and several thousand gave their lives. we gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. ( applause ) for the first time in nine years there are no americans fighting in iraq. (applause) for the first time in two decades osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. (cheers and applause) most of al qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated. t
that's first lady michelle obama. president obama. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in...
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that's first lady michelle obama. president obama. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought. and several thousand gave their lives. we gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. ( applause ) for the first time in nine years there are no americans fighting in iraq. (applause) for the first time in two decades osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. (cheers and applause) most of al qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated. t
that's first lady michelle obama. president obama. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. please be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in...
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house republicans do not trust barack obama. they just don't trust him. you mentioned the debt ceiling, they don't think he's negotiating in good faith on the fiscal cliff. so they just didn't touch speaker boehner when he went into these closed door meetings. and that kind of lack of trust, i think, was reflected in the fact that he couldn't get the 218 votes that he needed yesterday. but when i talked to him today, we kept in tact our virginity. we didn't vote for a tax increase. and that, i think, is the most important thing in terms of the brand of the republican party. the republican party has got to be an anti-tax party. >> i think the contrary would be that the brand has become one of obs innocence. he's met them half way on taxes and spending. but i think that's what the rest of the country wants to hear. they're sick and tired of the polarization. >> well, i think that's right. and, look, i do disagree with the characterization of president obama's compromise on spending cuts. there have been none. and i think that's a big problem when you have a
house republicans do not trust barack obama. they just don't trust him. you mentioned the debt ceiling, they don't think he's negotiating in good faith on the fiscal cliff. so they just didn't touch speaker boehner when he went into these closed door meetings. and that kind of lack of trust, i think, was reflected in the fact that he couldn't get the 218 votes that he needed yesterday. but when i talked to him today, we kept in tact our virginity. we didn't vote for a tax increase. and that, i...
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hillary clinton -- west region and never did love barack obama. hillary clinton buried him. >> lyndon johnson had a similar experience -- >> look what happened to him. >> that indicated he was going to be in trouble. south carolina, the race last year, an unknown individual with a criminal record also won the democratic nomination and got votes from people who knew nothing abt him. >> the democratic party is a big tent party. >> that prison in texas has some of the worst of the worst also. >> there are a lot of angry voters out there bank, if they are voting for cons. >> angry republican voters told lugar take a hike. >> the lugar election, which you could see coming about a month and half ago, is real evidence of such polarization that mr. mourdock said, "the problem with lugar is that he voted across party lines start this in my view, that is not the way to run the country, but it is winning more and more. it gives the democrats an opening in indiana. i'm not sure, big it is, because indiana as basically a republican state. >> lugar brought this
hillary clinton -- west region and never did love barack obama. hillary clinton buried him. >> lyndon johnson had a similar experience -- >> look what happened to him. >> that indicated he was going to be in trouble. south carolina, the race last year, an unknown individual with a criminal record also won the democratic nomination and got votes from people who knew nothing abt him. >> the democratic party is a big tent party. >> that prison in texas has some of the...
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he brought barack obama into the picture. at the national level,that set a tone for the president and the vice president of the united states to come out that way. and you have the opposition going the other way. >> it is generational. five years ago, i said i do not think you would have thought in 10 years it would be no longer an issue because it was generational. i think that was pessimistic. i think it really is no longer an issue. i think in 10 years, we will not even be speaking of it. speaking of all the other initiatives, i must say,it was a rough night for conservatives. we did lose the presidency. but we can still get high in denver. [laughter] >> and washington state. >> let's give a shout out to the state of maryland. voters in maryland passed the dream dream act. if you're qualified, you will have an in-state rate. good for maryland. >> last word. thank you. see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto -- is"inside washington" brought to by the american association of federal employees. -- g
he brought barack obama into the picture. at the national level,that set a tone for the president and the vice president of the united states to come out that way. and you have the opposition going the other way. >> it is generational. five years ago, i said i do not think you would have thought in 10 years it would be no longer an issue because it was generational. i think that was pessimistic. i think it really is no longer an issue. i think in 10 years, we will not even be speaking of...
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president obama issues a stern warning to republicans. do your jobs for the good of the american people. just moments ago, he held a press conference and said lawmakers can stop tax hikes on lower and middle class americans. >> i just spoke to speaker boehner and i also met with senator reed. in the next few days, i've asked leaders of congress to work towards a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects unemployment insurance for 2 million americans and lays the ground work for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. that's an achievable goal. that can get done in ten days. once this legislation is agreed to, i expect democrats and republicans to get back to washington and have it pass both chambers. and i will immediately sign that legislation into law before january 1st of next year. it's that simple. >> it's that simple. he urged congress to think of the american people this holiday season. >> i hope it gives everybody some perspective. everybody can cool off. everybody can drink some eggnog, have
president obama issues a stern warning to republicans. do your jobs for the good of the american people. just moments ago, he held a press conference and said lawmakers can stop tax hikes on lower and middle class americans. >> i just spoke to speaker boehner and i also met with senator reed. in the next few days, i've asked leaders of congress to work towards a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects unemployment insurance for 2 million americans and lays the...
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. >> president obama called leaders last night and tomorrow afternoon we will meet with the speaker and mix mcconnel and harry reid to see if they can avoid going off the fiscal curb on january 1st. today harry reid emphasized that there is ome one reason why they are unable to reach an agreement so far. >> this has been going on for years. they cannot cross over the threshold. people are not propose iing mak the taxes like them. john boehner could not even pass the tax proposal he passed over there. he said no, can't do that. didn't he bring it up for a vote? >> tonight, speaker boehner's office put out this statement. >> joining me now are our guests. clearly the positioning game continues. harry reid saying we did our job months ago. do you think we til would be@posturing stage at the end of that white house meeting tomorrow? >> in your introduction you made the fundamental point here which is that this agreement before the end of the year, simply cannot go forward unless john by nor is willing to let it do so with majority democrats in the house. if we go over the curve as you put i
. >> president obama called leaders last night and tomorrow afternoon we will meet with the speaker and mix mcconnel and harry reid to see if they can avoid going off the fiscal curb on january 1st. today harry reid emphasized that there is ome one reason why they are unable to reach an agreement so far. >> this has been going on for years. they cannot cross over the threshold. people are not propose iing mak the taxes like them. john boehner could not even pass the tax proposal he...
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they are in favor of running- care of being opposed to obama care, being opposed to buffett rule. before we decide to have asserted the student loan program, perhaps, just maybe, we should ask millionaires and billionaires who have made the most money, and who have benefited the most in this economy to pay their fair share. that is all the buffett rule says. scott brown cannot support that. there is a commonality they share in terms of their views of where the country is headed. >> the consumer protection bureau is what scott brown advocated for. going after millionaires of fax more taxpayers. -- affects more taxpayers. the democratic party is doing nothing to solve. here is the thing. this election is not about the gimmicks. this is all the democratic party will talk about all these things are gimmicks. this country has serious problems. we are $16 trillion in desperate we have a $2 trillion budget deficit and these guys want to operate with very little revenue and this will not stop progress. one party and one person have voted against, got $500 billion of medicare. not to save
they are in favor of running- care of being opposed to obama care, being opposed to buffett rule. before we decide to have asserted the student loan program, perhaps, just maybe, we should ask millionaires and billionaires who have made the most money, and who have benefited the most in this economy to pay their fair share. that is all the buffett rule says. scott brown cannot support that. there is a commonality they share in terms of their views of where the country is headed. >> the...
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is that sort of the attitude -- what are the qualms about politics the obamas have? >> part of the reason i think their qualms are important and not to just be dismissed is that they're similar to the qualms that a lot of us have about politics, right? i mean, we all see what's wrong with the political system, what's ugly about it, you know, whether it can really address social needs, um, and what not. but, you know, this is one of the many things about obama that was such a big asset in the campaign but ends up being somewhat inhibiting in the presidency. time and time again in my reporting, sometimes in very simple ways and sometimes in very complicated ways, i found that he had kind of trouble acting like a politician, like a small story in the book is about the first super bowl party in the white house. and, you know, he's kind to everybody. he greets everybody. but he doesn't want to work the room. he's got this kind of principled objection, right? he doesn't want to be the guy who's spending the entire super bowl schmoozing. and he has this idea that he wants t
is that sort of the attitude -- what are the qualms about politics the obamas have? >> part of the reason i think their qualms are important and not to just be dismissed is that they're similar to the qualms that a lot of us have about politics, right? i mean, we all see what's wrong with the political system, what's ugly about it, you know, whether it can really address social needs, um, and what not. but, you know, this is one of the many things about obama that was such a big asset in...
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he said that he and rick perry would done better running against obama. a new station finds that senator scott brown is in strong position should there be a special election to fill john kerry's seat. the poll found that 58% of voters still have a favorable opinion of scott brown. >>> that is better than other potential candidates. but one name not included in the poll is ted kennedy, doctorjr. he is giving it special thought to run. that means a kennedy could be back in the senate and that would make some very, very happy. >>> up next, polls just closed in eand their nationwide vote on the constitution, what does that mean for true democracy in the region? [ female announcer ] what does the anti-aging power of olay total effects plus the perfecting color of a bb cream equal? introducing the newest beauty trend. total effects cc cream c for color. c for correction. [ female announcer ] fight 7 signs of aging flawlessly. cc what's possible. ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup f
he said that he and rick perry would done better running against obama. a new station finds that senator scott brown is in strong position should there be a special election to fill john kerry's seat. the poll found that 58% of voters still have a favorable opinion of scott brown. >>> that is better than other potential candidates. but one name not included in the poll is ted kennedy, doctorjr. he is giving it special thought to run. that means a kennedy could be back in the senate and...
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remember when hillary and president obama went until june. it's the third week in march and it's going to continue to go on. i'm hopeful and confident that he will continue to work hard and ultimately get the nomination. >> another problem is rick santorum conveys an air of authenticity. when i've interviewed him, he resonates to the viewer or voter at home in a compelling way. he tells good stories about his upbringing, his family, and he definitely has a way of bringing his personality forward in the way that mitt romney struggles to. do you accept that? is it an issue that it frustrates you he can't get that side over? >> coming to economic issues, there's no one i would trust more than governor romney. we need people who are going to make tough decisions and have the experience to get us out of this economic mess we're in. so i'm going to continue to do my job and he's going to continue to run his race. i've been doing exactly what i said i was going to do which is be that independent voter and thinking. >> what is the side we don't see o
remember when hillary and president obama went until june. it's the third week in march and it's going to continue to go on. i'm hopeful and confident that he will continue to work hard and ultimately get the nomination. >> another problem is rick santorum conveys an air of authenticity. when i've interviewed him, he resonates to the viewer or voter at home in a compelling way. he tells good stories about his upbringing, his family, and he definitely has a way of bringing his personality...
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president obama has always been about social justice. the president's likely 2012 opponent unzipped his opinion on this story this afternoon. >> well, of course. i'm not a member of augusta. i'm not sure that i would qualify. my golf game is not that good. but certainly if i were a member and i could run augusta which is not likely to happen, of course i would have a woman as my guest. >> really? this shows what kind of man mitt romney really is. his statement is garbage. leadership is standing by your convictions and sticking out when you see inequality. augusta isn't breaking any laws. it's time for them to join the 21st century, don't you think? let's go to richard wolf. thank you for being with us tonight. was that a dicey answer for jay carney today? >> i don't think so. look, you don't have to go very far into washington, d.c., to see golf clubs which to this day don't allow women on the property and it wasn't that long ago that african-americans couldn't play, jews, irish couldn't play. i don't see why at this time in 2012 2012 th
president obama has always been about social justice. the president's likely 2012 opponent unzipped his opinion on this story this afternoon. >> well, of course. i'm not a member of augusta. i'm not sure that i would qualify. my golf game is not that good. but certainly if i were a member and i could run augusta which is not likely to happen, of course i would have a woman as my guest. >> really? this shows what kind of man mitt romney really is. his statement is garbage. leadership...
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lots of people in the obama inner circle gave me interviews. they knew exactly what they were getting into. they never misrepresent what i was doing and also i fact checked the book with an assistant before publication. we publish an excerpt in the times on saturday. and then a really, i guess to really interesting things happened. the first thing is that people started discussing the book without having read the book and that is not happen to me before because as a newspaper reporter, people just read your work in the newspaper and the other thing is the white house started pushing back and some interesting ways. they had really challenge the reporting in the book, like i haven't gotten a phonecall from david axelrod saying you have got it all wrong and the quotes that are in the book. something that really surprise me surprised me up and yesterday which is michelle obama went on tv and she said and i'm paraphrasing, she said i am really tired of depictions of myself as an angry black woman. and she also protested portrayals of her fighting di
lots of people in the obama inner circle gave me interviews. they knew exactly what they were getting into. they never misrepresent what i was doing and also i fact checked the book with an assistant before publication. we publish an excerpt in the times on saturday. and then a really, i guess to really interesting things happened. the first thing is that people started discussing the book without having read the book and that is not happen to me before because as a newspaper reporter, people...
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. >> well, president obama and secretary clinton both rushed to her defense. >> i couldn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president but i'm very happy he has the opportunity with a second term to make a decision. >> but they're not just going to have to convince props even some democrats were reluctant to overtly support her. jon tester said: >> joe manchin damaged it saying: >> in fact, john kerry's name has come up. susan collins said he would be easily confirmed. senator baroso backed him. even john mccain, leading the charge against rice had high praise for john kerry on fox news yesterday. >> john kerry came within a whisker of being president of the united states. i think that works in his favor but i'd love to hear him make his case, but i don't have anything in his background like this tragedy in again gassy that would make me really want to carefully examine the whole situation. >> of course it doesn't hurt that if kerry took the job it
. >> well, president obama and secretary clinton both rushed to her defense. >> i couldn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president but i'm very happy he has the opportunity with a second term to make a decision. >> but they're not just going to have to convince props even some democrats were reluctant to overtly support her. jon...
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the obama health care act extends to 9 million hispanics that would not have had that. and marco rubio cannot change that. you can have the governor of new mexico's stand next to you, but he cannot extend health insurance coverage to people. >> in e hoe democratic caucus, there are 61 women, 10 asian americans, of 43 african- americans, 94 white males. 94 white male minority in the democratic caucus. which is more reflective of the country? >> alright, we have a look at ballot initiatives. >> this is a great day for quality in america. >> voters in maine, maryland, washington gave the green light to gay marriage. minnesota rejected a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman. the legalization of pot. the world is changing, nina. >> it is. after losing proposition aids in california, democrats were devastated -- proposition 8 in california, democrats were devastated. people talk about marriage, love,ommient. they changed the message. they wanted what everyone else wanted and people understood that and they are beginning to succeed everywhere
the obama health care act extends to 9 million hispanics that would not have had that. and marco rubio cannot change that. you can have the governor of new mexico's stand next to you, but he cannot extend health insurance coverage to people. >> in e hoe democratic caucus, there are 61 women, 10 asian americans, of 43 african- americans, 94 white males. 94 white male minority in the democratic caucus. which is more reflective of the country? >> alright, we have a look at ballot...
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this was not good, but we registered 10,000 obama voters this big. that is an the question is, can you move the operation to another candidate? to another election, an off-year election? can you move that to the dnc? if not, they can be right back where they were in 2010. >> let's stick with this for now. >> one thing on this election night, you had a lower turnout of blacks, latinos, women, people with disabilities. i left your last week and i thought he would have 236 electoral votes. i was low on that. there was a keen sense of peril going into this election. and what the consequences would be if the republicans won the white house. not anti-romney, necessarily, but given what they were standing for, this was not a matter of changeup office. you that people who had the perception they would be a real threat to people. that is the reason why i saw the turnout of people, young and black widows i had never seen -- >> in dc. >> in d.c. >> in florida, where we think there was a voter suppression effort, the african-american vote went from 11% to 15%. >
this was not good, but we registered 10,000 obama voters this big. that is an the question is, can you move the operation to another candidate? to another election, an off-year election? can you move that to the dnc? if not, they can be right back where they were in 2010. >> let's stick with this for now. >> one thing on this election night, you had a lower turnout of blacks, latinos, women, people with disabilities. i left your last week and i thought he would have 236 electoral...
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that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're writing off a portion of your house. >> exactly. it is another way that people with money who put a lot of these things -- i would save money anyway, i would have a nanny anyway, i would have healthcare but the government encourages me to do more of it. >> jennifer: it is a fascinating discussion. a really great discussion in a black and white world and very, it's being politicized like that. thank you so much for a great article and great book. appreciate having you. [ indiscernible ] side "the war room." michael grunwald. up next, few people know more about the inner workings of the united states supreme court than
that was some of the first big fight between president obama and eric cantor was that was when obama said -- >> jennifer: not really tax cuts but when it comes to tax cuts for business -- >> exactly. hey, look, because i'm an author in my spare time, i'm a small businessman. i got to learn a little bit about how you can use the tax code for things that are business expenses. they're legitimate. i.r.s. leave me alone. i'm very conservative but it is -- >> jennifer: you're...
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president obama. they all could have looked like press releases, just the laudatory pieces about obama. that is perfectly fine if you going the same thing for the republicans. instead for the republicans you get "wimp factor." that is what i mean by newsweek having no semblance of fairness. i don't know we don'tists have them in the office. they need to go in the trash. >>eric: and now another one, the side by side with romney and the mormon factor. not a flattering picture. i am sure he did not pose for that picture. and the other side, president obama looking presidential. with a halo. >>guest: right, you can have the mormon factor in there but you cannot have the jeremiah wright factor. you will not see coverage about that with a questionable religious practices that president obama has had. it is a double standard. >>eric: maybe this canbly well -- this can play well for romney. maybe it is okay for him to be the wimp, the normal guy, nothing out of the ordinary. but that is what the the american
president obama. they all could have looked like press releases, just the laudatory pieces about obama. that is perfectly fine if you going the same thing for the republicans. instead for the republicans you get "wimp factor." that is what i mean by newsweek having no semblance of fairness. i don't know we don'tists have them in the office. they need to go in the trash. >>eric: and now another one, the side by side with romney and the mormon factor. not a flattering picture. i...
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compare that with barack obama. what did he do in his first year of the presidency to address the economy? the stimulus bill and you can say the bailouts which were incredibly important. my personal view is the number one problem with the obama administration of least in the early days was it didn't split the bill up you should have had ten stimulus bill that added up to the but reach 70 billion-dollar bills that just hammered home the idea we care about the economy. i think first of hominy republicans standing alone would against the tax cut bill? i'm sure some of them would but it wouldn't be zero like it in the that been for the stimulus. how many would vote against the port, the infrastructure spending bill was quick to have a lot of spending to leave chris jansing alone, a lot of them but it wouldn't be 100% and that would have given president obama some momentum like a 50 hour momentum and is still blows my mind the financial regulation was put off until almost the end of the first half of the term. if nothing
compare that with barack obama. what did he do in his first year of the presidency to address the economy? the stimulus bill and you can say the bailouts which were incredibly important. my personal view is the number one problem with the obama administration of least in the early days was it didn't split the bill up you should have had ten stimulus bill that added up to the but reach 70 billion-dollar bills that just hammered home the idea we care about the economy. i think first of hominy...
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why would bill clinton who endorsed obama and was supporting obama call john mccain to give him policy advice during the campaign. it was not like, for instance, you might say, well, he was acting like a statesman if he did the same thing in 2004 with george bush or john kerry but george bush would have been president and had policy control. why give advice to john mccain who has no possession over the power and is merely trying to run a political campaign against the guy he endorsed. >>eric: why did he pick bill clinton do keep a key note speech which i believe is where he actually turns over the nomination to president clinton. why would he do that? >>guest: well, that is part of the counter argument that if they were not such good friends president obama with not give him such a prime role. but president obama needs bill clinton. since leaving office, bill clinton is at pay level -- at the apex of popularity. the very people that obama administration has turned off with policies and are questioning whether they want to him for him or romney, they have no choice to turn to the person
why would bill clinton who endorsed obama and was supporting obama call john mccain to give him policy advice during the campaign. it was not like, for instance, you might say, well, he was acting like a statesman if he did the same thing in 2004 with george bush or john kerry but george bush would have been president and had policy control. why give advice to john mccain who has no possession over the power and is merely trying to run a political campaign against the guy he endorsed....
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do you want barack obama or mitt romney? >> it's a distraction to say a document that he's outsourced jobs? >> you can find all kinds of details when someone is a businessman. you can find all details to focus on. but the voter wants to focus in on the big picture. that's what people do when they go into the voting booth. >> the big picture is this guy gets investors together, buys a troubled company and either borrows money, pays them back in enormous dividends and watches it go into bankruptcy, or as luck would have it, maybe the company turns around. the point is he's saying he has the prescription for an economy, and what he has the prescription for is an investor class, a bit of venture capitalism which doesn't at all apply to a nation's accounting. >> katherine didn't go to the heart of it. they're focusing primarily on mitt romney's business experience because that's what he says we should focus on. nobody is talking about his experience as governor because he doesn't want to talk about that because massachusetts rank
do you want barack obama or mitt romney? >> it's a distraction to say a document that he's outsourced jobs? >> you can find all kinds of details when someone is a businessman. you can find all details to focus on. but the voter wants to focus in on the big picture. that's what people do when they go into the voting booth. >> the big picture is this guy gets investors together, buys a troubled company and either borrows money, pays them back in enormous dividends and watches it...
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president obama is back at the white house. his call to congressional leaders seem to have fallen on deaf ears. reid, predicting the country will go over the fiscal cliff and blames it on house speaker john boehner. >> the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker. john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> boehner's office's response? we've done our part. it's the senate democrats fall. but will the speaker call his members back before time runs out? >> at the last moment is the way these things normally happen. i think that can happen again. it just depends on putting egos aside a little bit and putting the best interests of the american people first. >> plus, keeping our kids safe, is arming educators the symptom or adding to the problem. >>> and can anyone beat sko brown? >>> good day. we're live in washington this
president obama is back at the white house. his call to congressional leaders seem to have fallen on deaf ears. reid, predicting the country will go over the fiscal cliff and blames it on house speaker john boehner. >> the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker. john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation...
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that was two days after president obama won reelection. the president knows i'm the most reasonable and responsible guy in washington. you know in some ways john boehner has proven himgs to be reasonable over the years. in june 2002 during george w. bush's first term in office, congressional republicans were faced with the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling. that's the limit for how much the country can borrow to pay for things. no politician ever likes to raise the debt ceiling. nobody likes to think the country has to borrow money, but we do. so in june of 2002 when that vote came up, he voted yes. let's raise the debt ceiling. it's the responsible thing to do. november 2004, john boehner voted to do it again under president bush to raise the debt ceiling. april 2005 at the start of bush's second term, john boehner votes in favor of raising the debt ceiling. so matter how opposed you might be to borrowing money, however, distasteful it is to you, everybody realizes as long as we are borrowing money, not raising the debt ceiling w
that was two days after president obama won reelection. the president knows i'm the most reasonable and responsible guy in washington. you know in some ways john boehner has proven himgs to be reasonable over the years. in june 2002 during george w. bush's first term in office, congressional republicans were faced with the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling. that's the limit for how much the country can borrow to pay for things. no politician ever likes to raise the debt ceiling. nobody...
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this morning president obama is scheduled to hold his first post-election news conference. he is expected to face a barrage of questions about general david petraeus' admitted affair, the time line of the fbi investigation and when exactly the president was told about it. meanwhile, the white house says the president still has faith in general john allen. he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what officials described as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this ever-widening story. >> reporter: the scandal involving two very different women, tampa socialite jill kelley and petraeus biographer paul broadwell ensnared not only petraeus but his successor. john allen who took over from petraeus in afghanistan and is the president's choice to be supreme allied commander of nato forces in europe, a nomination now temporarily on hold. >> sweetheart, thank you for all that
this morning president obama is scheduled to hold his first post-election news conference. he is expected to face a barrage of questions about general david petraeus' admitted affair, the time line of the fbi investigation and when exactly the president was told about it. meanwhile, the white house says the president still has faith in general john allen. he, of course, is the current u.s. commander in afghanistan who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general for what...
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, were congress not to raids the debt limit itself, president obama could unilaterally raise the debt ceiling using section four of the 14th amendment, i believe, which says the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. [laughter] you know, advice to constitution writers, the passive voice is not really a good tool for constitutional drafting, i don't think. [laughter] i looked into that some, and i think that there's no way that president obama could have used that provision to raise the debt limit unilaterally, but it was out there as a possibility. recently, there's been talk in the blogosphere about whether the occupy wall street movement has a sort of constitutional base in the guarantee clause of, um, i think now article iv which says guarantees the states a republican form of government. so you see these clauses come up a lot in the news if you're looking for them. and as to clauses in the book, of course, some of them have also made the news lately. the bill of attainder clause about legislative punishment came up when congress thought about defunding planned p
, were congress not to raids the debt limit itself, president obama could unilaterally raise the debt ceiling using section four of the 14th amendment, i believe, which says the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. [laughter] you know, advice to constitution writers, the passive voice is not really a good tool for constitutional drafting, i don't think. [laughter] i looked into that some, and i think that there's no way that president obama could have used that provision to...
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he's author of "the obama hate machine." the lies, distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them and he's somebody who follows this stuff night and day in d.c. bill, so glad to have you back inside "the war room." especially on an unbelievable news breaking day like today. >> bill: hey governor, it is great to join you. thank you. >> jennifer: are you surprised by susan rice dropping out? >> bill: you know what? i'm surprised and i'm disappointed. i gotta tell you i think she's a great, great american. i know her well. if i had to pick the top three female leaders in this country today, i would say hillary clinton, jennifer granholm and susan rice. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: you are so funny. bill press for -- we'll put you for secretary of labor. why don't we do that. >> bill: all right. hilda sol ease is another one. here's what's sad about this is i think she deserved to be secretary of state. i think she would make a great secretary of state. and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mc
he's author of "the obama hate machine." the lies, distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them and he's somebody who follows this stuff night and day in d.c. bill, so glad to have you back inside "the war room." especially on an unbelievable news breaking day like today. >> bill: hey governor, it is great to join you. thank you. >> jennifer: are you surprised by susan rice dropping out? >> bill: you know what? i'm surprised and...
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but tom cole urged republicans to take the obama deal right now. here is the clip quickly. >> my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000, we should take them out of this discussion right now, and continue to fight against any rate increases and continue to work honestly for a better deal. >> that's what the president wants, extend them for everyone under $250,000. i'm curious what you think. do you think that someone like cornyn, someone like boehner is the right leader for the party, or someone more like what cole is saying? >> there is a strategy to putting together a deal and that goes for, in washington, d.c. or, you know, in your private life. and that is you don't give the other side everything they want and then negotiate the rest of the deal. that's sort of a problem. you have things that they want, things that you want and you have to sort of bring them together and force people to give things that they don't want in order to get the things that they do. and when you give the folks the
but tom cole urged republicans to take the obama deal right now. here is the clip quickly. >> my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000, we should take them out of this discussion right now, and continue to fight against any rate increases and continue to work honestly for a better deal. >> that's what the president wants, extend them for everyone under $250,000. i'm curious what you think. do you think that someone like cornyn,...
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president obama did not respond. but the white house has says that the coalition will remain firm, even if some countries pull back. check out your medicine cabinet. pfizer has recalled adv. >> caller:l liquid jells, due to a strongoidor in the product. since march, the company has isolated the issue and taken corrective action. so far, no reports of illnesses, related to the recall. now, back to our "on the record" special, government gone wild. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox newschannel. news, foxnews.com. >> greta: it's absolutely outrageous, all of this government waste. yes! but is it anything new? nope! we at "on the record" have been investigating and reporting to you where your tax dollars are going. looka we found n2010, workers at the securities and exchange commission -- sec -- were busted, checking out porn on your dime at work. so what ended up happening? did heads roll? we spoke with david druker of roll call. >> david, refresh our memory, what happened with the sec in 2010? >> so
president obama did not respond. but the white house has says that the coalition will remain firm, even if some countries pull back. check out your medicine cabinet. pfizer has recalled adv. >> caller:l liquid jells, due to a strongoidor in the product. since march, the company has isolated the issue and taken corrective action. so far, no reports of illnesses, related to the recall. now, back to our "on the record" special, government gone wild. you are watching the most...
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was president, we got obama care and other pieces of legislation. i think people want well thought out negotiated bipartisan solutions to the problem. you don't get that when the president has no plan to close that hole and to deal with medicare and social. and he spends his time not around the negotiating table, but rather conducting rallys outside of town. i just think he's not serious about this. >> the president has said he would support raising the age for medicare coverage for a ten-year period. >> he has said a lot of things at different times, but he has not placed those on the table. we have leading senators like senator durbin who has the courage to deal with these issues. he was on the simpson-bowles committee who said that we can't deal with those now in the dealing with the fiscal cliff, we need to put that off into the future. my experience is what you put off to the future never happen here. >> i hope we can get a deal. >>> me too. >>> great to see both of you. john let me start with you. cornyn is pessimistic, but the markets are up
was president, we got obama care and other pieces of legislation. i think people want well thought out negotiated bipartisan solutions to the problem. you don't get that when the president has no plan to close that hole and to deal with medicare and social. and he spends his time not around the negotiating table, but rather conducting rallys outside of town. i just think he's not serious about this. >> the president has said he would support raising the age for medicare coverage for a...
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obama did. he did it in '08 and he absolutely did in this election. and guess what? 69%, 70% hispanics with him. we are barely getting on to the table. so we have to accept our voters as we find them. our activists have to be a part of that to help get that message out there. i think we'll see some differences. but saying to marco rubio or chris christie, i think is a mistake. >> you talk about reshaping. a lot of people think the attempt of reshaping mitt romney is what cost him this election. >> i said from day one, the governor of massachusetts should have been the guy running for president of united states. >> all right guys, stick with us. coming up on "way too early," elizabeth warren gets a win over scott brown in that closely watched massachusetts race. we'll look at how all the big races play out across the country, what it means for the coming fiscal fight on capitol hill. also ahead, bill karins going to join us from down democracy plaza with an update on this radar map a nor'easter headed straight for some of the same areas wiped out by last week's supers
obama did. he did it in '08 and he absolutely did in this election. and guess what? 69%, 70% hispanics with him. we are barely getting on to the table. so we have to accept our voters as we find them. our activists have to be a part of that to help get that message out there. i think we'll see some differences. but saying to marco rubio or chris christie, i think is a mistake. >> you talk about reshaping. a lot of people think the attempt of reshaping mitt romney is what cost him this...